Thursday In Depth: January 31, 2013
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What's the future of the Affordable Care Act?
What challenges lie ahead in implementing the Affordable Care Act? And what can we learn from the country's health care history?
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Looking for a diabetes cure in Minnesota
Last year, researchers at the Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota set out to conquer diabetes within 10 years. We'll hear about their progress.
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Expand your mind through a more diverse reading list
Americans of all political stripes should expand their reading to include viewpoints they may not agree with, argues Ross Douthat in the New York Times.
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Other features
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9:45 a.m.
Top indications that climate is changing
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Rochester lawmakers react to Mayo Clinic's expansion proposal
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Susan Gaertner to monitor trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
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Op-ed pick: The Senate’s guest worker program will provide a flexible workforce
June 13, 2013, 16:06 PM in Economy, Business & Jobs "The size of the guest-worker program is designed to adjust automatically in response to changing U.S. labor needs, growing in good years when the economy needs more foreign workers and shrinking when more Americans are out of work." -
3 things to buy at the farmers market this weekend
June 7, 2013, 13:06 PM in News & Trends After we taped the Friday Roundtable, I asked the panelists what we should pick up at the farmer’s market this weekend. Stephanie Meyer recommends morels. Amy Thielen says to buy dandelion greens if you can find them. Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl’s a fan of rhubarb: Here’s what you can do with rhubarb. I like to cook… -
Exploring the science of taste over a nice French meal
May 30, 2013, 12:05 PM in Science The science of taste (and smells) is the subject of the 11:00 a.m. hour on The Daily Circuit on Thursday, May 30. Kerri Miller talks with Stuart Firestein, who chairs the biology sciences department at Columbia University. Firestein is participating in “The Taste of Science,” an event at this year’s World Science Festival in New… -
Could Julie Rosen challenge Dayton? Roundtable members think so
May 24, 2013, 10:05 AM in Politics & Government “Think about how hard it would be for Dayton to run against a moderate, Republican woman. Yikes.”
Spotlight topics on The Daily Circuit
News & Trends
- Design experts: Nicollet Mall makeover has great potential
- Conflict between privacy rights and security is nothing new
- A look at modern masculinity
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Politics & Government
- As state aid flows to big business, 'worth it' questions linger
- Why the political differences between Wisconsin, Minnesota loom so large
- The impact of the Roberts Court
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Science
- Supreme Court decides a gene can't be patented
- Connecticut poised to enact first GMO food labeling law in US
- Scientists, philosophers debate the 'conundrum of consciousness'
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Arts & Culture
- Authors debate whether more than one child limits career
- A movie you might want to avoid on a first date
- 23 authors whose books could change your life
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Health & Medicine
- Diabetes study says it's best to eat your breakfast
- Judge's transplant order undermines fairness of organ-donor system, critics say
- It's been a lovely spring, if you're a mosquito
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Education
- Teach for America suffers a setback
- Minneapolis teacher contract talks: Not just about the money
- Study will shed light on dispute over U's administrative costs
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Economy, Business & Jobs
- As state aid flows to big business, 'worth it' questions linger
- In a struggling economy, rediscovering the power of thrift
- The housing rebound: Some say this time it's for real
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Books
Latest author interview
Anna Badkhen's latest novel weaves Afghanistan's beauty and violence
June 13, 2013, 11:20 AM
Kerri Miller's Pick of the Week
Kerri's book pick is 'The Silver Star' by Jeannette Walls
Week of June 18, 2013
By the way
The on-air team
Kerri Miller, Host
Kerri Miller joined MPR News in June 2004 as host of MPR's News' Midmorning and Talking Volumes. Before that she was an award-winning television reporter for KARE 11. She has been a radio and television news reporter since 1981.
Tom Weber, Co-Host
Tom Weber has reported on K12 education and served as a general assignment reporter since joining MPR News in 2008. He was a news anchor and reporter for KWMU in St. Louis for more than five years. His reporting has aired on national radio programs, including "Morning Edition" and "Marketplace."
Stephanie Curtis, Social media host
Stephanie Curtis has produced events, daily news shows, documentaries, conferences and call-ins for MPR News. She also was among the pioneering producers who launched The Current. You can hear her discuss movies every Thursday on The Cube Critics.
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